6th Grade General Music

Fill in the answers using the clues below. All answers will come from your "Instrument Families" packet. Don't forget your name at the top!

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Percussion instruments with no definite pitch

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This projects the sound of a brass instrument many different directions.

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This family makes sound when shaken, hit, or scraped.

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Most woodwind instruments use this to make their sound

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String instruments are plucked or _____ to make sound.

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The name for a percussion player

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Change the length of tubing to change the pitch on a brass instrument

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Woodwind instruments are long _____ with holes.

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The family of instruments which contains the clarinet.

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A player presses these down to change pitches on a woodwind instrument.

Down

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Groups of instruments are called this.

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This family can use the gut of an animal for part of the instrument!

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A brass player does this into a mouthpiece to make a sound.

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Brass instruments are _____ twisted up.

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A single or double reed instrument

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Percussion players may have to play many _________ instruments.

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Changing one of these in the percussion section changes a whole piece of music!

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What a sound does inside an instrument to amplify the sound

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The family of instruments which contains the trumpet.

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Most string instruments have ______ bodies.

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Percussion instruments with a definite pitch

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